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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 81 points 1 month ago

I'd love to see an informed response as to why we think they ran instead of hopped. Is there a difference in the skeleton or muscles that would tell us?

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 34 points 1 month ago

Most likely the weight difference would be the biggest issue here.

Same reason why to scale bug wings wouldn't let you fly, that square cube law can lead to some very unfun conclusions where big beasties are concerned.

Or some absolutely terrifying ones in Shin Godzilla's case.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

I wonder if babies and adolescents hopped around? There's already the theory that T.rexs lived in family groups with adolescents catching lots of small prey and adults catching the occassional large prey and providing protection.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

hopping like a kangaroo is unlikely, but it would probably make sense for them to move like modern birds of the same size and whatever is the most similar ecological niche.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Chicky Hopping Baby T-Rexes Cannon!

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